T-series trains

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T-series trains (Chinese: 特快列车) are a train service offered by China Railway. T stands for Tekuai (lit. 'Express'). Most T-series trains have several intermediary stops, more than the Z-series trains but less than the K-series trains.

Express trains were a type of train that existed since the early days of the People's Republic of China. Before the 2000 railway speed-up, they were marked with two-digit numbers.After the third railway speed-up in 2000, express trains were prefixed with the letter T and regained their status as the fastest trains at the time, also holding the highest rank among conventional-speed trains. After the fifth railway speed-up in 2004, a new category of Z-series trains emerged, taking over the position of T-series trains as the fastest type of train.[1]

Most T-series trains are sleeper train, however, some intra-bureau T-series trains have seats only. Prior to the December 10, 2014 railway timetable adjustment, express trains using China Railways 25K rolling stock had a maximum speed of 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph), while a few express trains using China Railways 25T rolling stock could reach a maximum speed of 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph). After the timetable adjustment on December 10, 2014, all cross-bureau express trains operating with 160 km/h-class rolling stock were upgraded to direct express trains. The category of "express train" was redefined as "passenger trains with a maximum speed of 140 km/h."

List of T-series trains (as of November 1, 2025)

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T6 departing Beijing for Dandong.

Cross-Bureau Express Trains

  • T7/8: Chengdu – Xi'an – Taiyuan – Beijing West
  • T9/10: Chongqing West – Shijiazhuang – Beijing West
  • T17/18: Mudanjiang – Harbin – Shenyang – Beijing
  • T21/22: Beijing West – Shijiazhuang – Wuchang – Changsha – Guilin – Nanning
  • T35/36: Hefei – Xuzhou – Tianjin – Beijing West
  • T41/42: Xi'an – Shijiazhuang – Beijing West
  • T47/48: Qiqihar – Harbin – Shenyang – Beijing
  • T49/50: Yichang East – Shijiazhuang – Beijing West
  • T55/56, T58/55: Baoji – Xi'an – Shijiazhuang – Beijing East – Tianjin
  • T81/80, T82/79: Nanning – Hengyang – Nanchang – Hangzhou South – Shanghai Songjiang
  • T95/96: Wuhan – Changsha – Guangzhou – Shenzhen East
  • T101/102: Shenzhen East – Nanchang – Hangzhou South – Shanghai Songjiang
  • T109/110: Beijing – Tianjin – Jinan – Xuzhou – Nanjing – Shanghai
  • T112/113, T114/111: Hangzhou – Suzhou – Nanjing – Zhengzhou – Xuzhou – Xi'an – Lanzhou
  • T116/117, T118/115: Lanzhou – Xi'an – Zhengzhou – Nanjing – Fuyang – Shanghai
  • T122/123, T124/121: Changchun – Shenyang – Shanhaiguan – Tianjin – Shijiazhuang – Zhengzhou – Wuchang – Changsha – Hengyang – Guangzhou Baiyun
  • T126/127, T128/125: Dongguan East – Wuchang – Chengdu
  • T131/132, T133/134: Dalian – Shanhaiguan – Tianjin – Jinan – Zhengzhou – Lanzhou – Shanghai
  • T135/136: Jinan – Nanchang – Shanghai Songjiang – Hangzhou – Ningbo
  • T142/143, T144/141: Qinzhou – Nanning – Guilin – Shaoguan East – Kaifeng – Zhengzhou
  • T145/146, T147/148: Nanchang – Zhuzhou – Changsha – Zhengzhou – Shijiazhuang – Beijing West
  • T152/151: Guangzhou Baiyun – Zhengzhou – Nanchang – Beijing
  • T167/168: Nanchang – Wuchang – Shijiazhuang – Beijing West
  • T169/170: Guangzhou Baiyun – Jishui – Nanchang – Hangzhou South – Shanghai Songjiang
  • T171/172: Nanchang – Zhuzhou – Guangzhou Baiyun
  • T175/176: Beijing West – Shijiazhuang – Taiyuan – Xi'an West
  • T179/180: Jinan – Wuchang – Changsha – Hengyang – Guangzhou Baiyun
  • T183/184, T181/182: Harbin West – Changchun – Shenyang – Shanhaiguan – Beijing East – Fuyang – Wuchang – Changsha
  • T194/191, T192/193: Shenyang – Shanhaiguan – Tianjin – Shijiazhuang – Taiyuan
  • T197/198: Zhengzhou – Xi'an – Lanzhou – Ürümqi
  • T211/212: Shenzhen East – Nanchang – Hangzhou – Shanghai Songjiang
  • T221/222: Hefei – Nanchang – Guangzhou Baiyun
  • T225/228, T227/226: Guangzhou Baiyun – Nanchang – Mudanjiang
  • T231/232: Beijing West – Shijiazhuang – Xi'an
  • T236/237, T238/235: Chongqing West – Hefei – Nanjing – Kunshan
  • T242/243, T244/241: Hefei – Xuzhou – Tianjin – (Shanhaiguan) – Shenyang – Changchun – Harbin – Qiqihar
  • T252/253, T254/251: Tianjin – Shijiazhuang – Zhengzhou – Wuchang – Changsha – Guangzhou Baiyun
  • T257/258: Lanzhou – Ürümqi
  • T269/270: Xi'an – Puzhou
  • T287/290, T288/289: Nanning – Changsha – Wuchang – Shijiazhuang – Beijing West
  • T297/298: Beijing – Shenyang – Changchun – Harbin – Mudanjiang
  • T302/303, T304/301: Shenyang – Tongliao – Chifeng – Baotou – Yinchuan – Ürümqi
  • T308/305, T306/307: Ürümqi – Xi'an – Wuchang – Nanchang
  • T309/310: Shenyang – Changchun – Songyuan – Qiqihar
  • T326/327, T328/325: Ningbo – Yuyao – Shaoxing – Hangzhou – Nanchang – Ganzhou – Guilin – Guangzhou – Hukou – Fuyang – Jinan – Zhengzhou
  • T368/369, T370/367: Dalian – Panjin – Jinzhou – Tianjin – Shijiazhuang – Wuchang – Changsha – Guangzhou Baiyun
  • T376/377, T378/375: Xiangyang – Wuchang – Nanchang – Jinhua – Wenzhou
  • T379/380: Ürümqi – Lanzhou – Guangyuan – Chongqing West
  • T381/382: Shanghai Songjiang – Hangzhou South – Nanchang – Hengyang – Liuzhou – Guilin – Kunming
  • T396/397, T398/395: Shenzhen – Huizhou – Nanchang – Jiujiang – Fuyang – Yanzhou – Jinan – Qingdao North

Intra-Bureau Express Trains

China Railway Beijing Group:

  • T5687/5688: Beijing – Tangshan North – Beidaihe – Qinhuangdao

China Railway Shanghai Group:

  • T7776/7777, T7778/7775: Nanjing – Yangzhou – Dongtai – Yancheng
  • T7786/7787, T7788/7785: Lanxi – Jinhua – Yiwu – Hangzhou

China Railway Nanning Group:

  • T8701/8702: Nanning – Chongzuo – Pingxiang – Tongdeng – Beijiang – Jiaolin

China Railway Lanzhou Group:

  • T6601/6602: Lanzhou – Wuwei – Jinchang – Zhangye – Jiuquan – Jiayuguan
  • Y667/670, Y668/669: Lanzhou – Wuwei – Jiayuguan – Dunhuang

China Railway Ürümqi Group:

  • T9531/9532: Kashgar – Hotan

References

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  1. ^ 2000年10月21日中国铁路第三次大提速 Archived 2012-05-26 at the Wayback Machine. 中国发展门户网. 2010年4月22日.